The deadlines for submission of calendar items for our print and digital editions in 2025 are as follows:
• March/April – Jan. 6
• May/June – March 10
• July/August – May 12
• Sept/Oct – July 14
• Nov/Dec – Oct. 6
May 3 (Sat) 10:00-11:00 am
Annual Root Sale of the CT Dahlia Society at Hart’s Seed Co. in Wethersfield. Cash or Venmo accepted. They’re on Facebook.
May 3 (Sat) 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Sakonnet Plant Fair in Little Compton Commons, RI, on Meeting House Lane. sakonnetgarden.net
• May 3 (Sat) 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
May Market of the Suburban Garden Club of Cheshire at the Cheshire Youth Center. cheshiregardeners.org
• May 3 (Sat) 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Spring Market of the Clinton Arbor Garden Club at Abraham Pierson School.
ctgardenclubs.org
• May 3 & 4 (Sat & Sun) 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Meriden Daffodil Festival at Hubbard Park. daffodilfest.com or meridenturnersociety.com
• May 8 (Thurs) 7:00-9:00 pm
Pruning with Felicia Millet from the CT Ag Station at North Haven Congregational Church. $5. ctgardenclubs.org
• May 10 (Sat)
Succulent Design for Tabletop Troughs with Lori Chips at Oliver Nurseries in Fairfield. lorichips28@gmail.com
• May 10 (Sat) 8:30 am to 1:00 pm
Plant Sale of the Long Hill Garden Club on the Trumbull Town Hall Lawn. longhillgc.org
• May 10 (Sat) 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Plant Sale of the Trillium Garden Club at Groton Public Library. ctgardenclubs.org
• May 10 (Sat) 8:30 am to 1:00 pm
May Market of the Westbrook GC at Town Hall.
• May 10 (Sat) 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Plant Sale of Leete’s Island Garden Club on Guilford Green. ctgardenclubs.org
• May 10 (Sat) 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Thames River GC Plant Sale Waterford Community Center. thamesrivergc.com
• May 10 (Sat) 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Plant Sale of the Redding Garden Club at Redding Historical Society. reddinggardenclub.org
• May 10 (Sat) 8:30 am to 1:00 pm
Plant Sale of Old Ripton Garden Club at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Shelton
ctgardenclubs.org
• May 10 (Sat) 9:30 am to 1:30 pm
Plant Sale of the Westport Garden Club at Westport Public Library. westportgardenclub.org
• May 10 (Sat) 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Spring Native Plant Sale of the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society at Casey Farm in Saunderstown. RI. riwps.org
• May 13 (Tues) 12:00-2:00 pm
Light Pollution and Its Impact on Our Green Space with Craig Repasz from Lights Out Connecticut at Nathaniel Green Community Center, Guilford. Free. ctgardenclubs.org
• May 15 (Sat) 10:00-11:00 am
Planting the Right Tree in the Right Place with Susanna Kerio from the CT Ag Station. Free. ctgardenclubs.org
• May 17 (Sat) 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Plant Sale of the Greens Farms Garden Club on Sherman Green in downtown Fairfield. greensfarmsgardenclub.org
• May 17 (Sat) 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Plant Sale of the Wallingford Garden Club at Old Railroad Station Park. ctgardenclubs.org
• May 17 (Sat) 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Bethel Garden Club Plant Sale at the United Methodist Church. ctgardenclubs.org
• May 17 (Sat) 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
May Market of the Suffield Garden Club at the Phelps-Hatheway House Barn. Rain or shine. https://suffieldgardenclub.org
May 18 (Sun)
Rhododendrons & A Mid-Century Garden in Westport. Features a talk by rhododendron expert Kevin Wilcox, a box lunch, and a guided tour of Blau House & Gardens. Presented with the CT Rhododendron Society, Blau House & Gardens and Wakeman Town Farm. https://www.blauhouseandgardens.org/contact-3-2
• May 27 (Sat) 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
CT’s Top 10 Invasive Plants with Felicia Millett from the CT Ag Station at the North Haven Rec Center. $5. ctgardenclubs.org
• June 8 (Sat) 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Ridgefield Garden Tour – Beyond the Garden Gate. Seven private gardens and Ballard Gardens. $75. ridgefieldgardentour.org
• June 14 (Sat) 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Perennial Planters Garden Club of Manchester’s Biennial Through the Garden Gate Garden Tour. $25/$30. manchestergardenclubs.org/perennial_planters.htm
• Aug. 2 (Sat)
Propagation Talk & Vending with Alpine expert Lori Chips at the BNARGS meeting at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Mass. lorichips28@gmail.com
VENUES WITH MULTIPLE EVENTS
See above for individual events.
American Horticultural Society | Alexandria, Va
ahsgardening.org
Arnold Arboretum | Boston, Mass.
arboretum.harvard.edu
Aspetuck Land Trust | Westport
aspetucklandtrust.org
Aton Forest | Norfolk
atonforest.org
Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens | Stamford
Call (203) 322-6791 or go to bartlettarboretum.org
• June 10 (Tues) 10:05-11:00 am
60 Years / 60 Trees. Non-members $10
• June 14 (Sat) 10:00-11:30 am
Perennial Weeds with Peter Russell. $10
Berkshire Botanical Garden | Stockbridge, Mass.
Call (413) 298-3926, email info@berkshirebotanical.org or go to berkshirebotanical.org
• May 4 (Sun) 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Spring Fest. Admission is free.
• May 9 (Fri) 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
• May 10 (Sat) 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Plants & Answers Plant Sale
• May 23 (Fri) 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Planting & Stewarding Native Meadows: An Intensive One Day Workshop with
Larry Weaner. $200/$230
• June 7 (Sat) 1:00-4:00 pm
Grass Menagerie with Robert Clyde Anderson. $50/$70
Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum | Bristol, Rhode Island
blithewold.org
Bonsai Society of Greater New Haven | New Haven
www.BonsaiNewHaven.com
Regular meetings are held in the Carriage House at Edgerton Park, off Whitney Avenue, in New Haven on the second Tuesday of each month. They begin at 7 pm and usually last about 2 hours.
Broken Arrow Nursery | Hamden
Call (203) 288-1026 or visit brokenarrownursery.com
• Saturday, May 31, 10:30 am
Mountain Laurel Tour. $5
• Sunday, June 3, 10:30 am
Mountain Laurel Tour. $5
Brooklyn Botanic Garden – Brooklyn, NY
bbg.org
• June 6, 2024 to March 23, 2025
Gallery Exhibit: A Plant-Pollinator Love Story in the Conservatory Gallery.
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens – Boothbay, Maine
www.mainegardens.org
CT Agricultural Experiment Station | Griswold, Hamden, New Haven & Windsor
portal.ct.gov/caes
Seminar Series in the Jones Auditorium at CAES in New Haven from 12:00-1:00 PM. Free and open to the public. https://bit.ly/3NWBNt7
• April 30 (Wed) 12:00-1:00 pm
Investigating Early Events of Dengue Virus Infection of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes with Godfrey Indinda, Agricultural Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Dept. of Entomology, CAES
• May 14 (Wed) 12:00-1:00 pm
Revealing the Impacts of Calcium Weathering on Soil Organic Carbon Stability with Alice Zhou from CAES.
CT Botanical Society | New Haven
ct-botanical-society.org
The society conducts a number of field trips which non-members are welcome to join.
CT Butterly Association | Washington Depot
ctbutterfly.org
Fields trips are free and open to the public. Also check their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/connbutterfly
CT Cactus & Succulent Society
www.ctcactussociety.org
• May 4 (Sun)
Monthly meeting at Ballek’s in East Haddam
CT College Arboretum | New London
Call (860) 439-5020, email arbor@conncoll.edu or visit conncoll.edu/the-arboretum
Open every day of the year from sunrise to sunset free of charge. Tours are docent-led, free and open to the public. No registration required.
• May 2 (Fri) 12:15-1:00 pm
Annual Widflower Walk on the slope just south of the Laurel Walk with Maggie Redfern. Registration requested – space is limited. Free
• May 4 & June 1 (Sun) 10:00 am
Free guided tour of the Native Plant Collection
• May 10 (Sat) 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
New London Tree Walk from A to Z with Maggie Redfern. Learn about the trees of New London. Meet in front of the Public Library of New London. Registration requested. Free
• May 10 (Sat) 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Gardening with Moss, Ferns & Their Cronies in Stony New England Landscapes. Registration requested. Free
• May 11 & June 8 (Sun) 10:00 am
Free guided tour of the Caroline Black Garden
• May 17 (Sat) 1:00-3:00 pm
Native Deciduous Azaleas with Mary Villa. Registration requested. Space is limited. Free or $10 for members.
Connecticut Conservation Districts
conservect.org
CT Daffodil Society | Greenwich
www.connecticutdaffodilsociety.org
CT Daylily Society | Avon
ctdaylilyclub.com
Meetings at the Avon Senior Center are free and open to the public. They start at noon for a social hour and light refreshments. Speakers usually start around 1 pm.
• May 17 (Sat) 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Plant Sale at the Avon Senior Center. Bareroot daylilies and potted perennials from member gardens.
Connecticut Forest & Park Association | Rockfall
ctwoodlands.org
CT Horticultural Society | West Hartford
Call (860) 529-8713, email connhort@gmail.com or go to cthort.org
Regular meetings are held on Thursdays at the Elmwood Community Center in West Hartford. Non-members $10.
• May 15 (Thurs) 7:00-8:30 pm
Crevice Gardening: Even More Than It’s Cracked Up to Be! with Panayoti Kelaidis at the Free Center in Middletown. Live and via Zoom.
• May 16 (Thurs) 6:30 pm
Plant Sale & Auction at Bethany Covenant Church in Berlin.
• June 26 (Thurs) 7:00-8:30 pm
Designing for Habitat: From Back Yards to Byways with C. Colston Burrell at the Free Center in Middletown. Live and via Zoom.
CT Master Gardener Association (CMGA) | Farmington
ctmga.org
CT NOFA | New Haven
https://ctnofa.org and https://nofa.organiclandcare.net
The Connecticut Orchid Society | Farmington
ctorchids.org
Connecticut Rhododendron Society
ctrhododendronsociety.org
www.facebook.com/RhododendronSocietyOfConnecticut
Cricket Hill Garden | Thomaston
treepeony.com
Hours: Wednesday thru Saturday – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
EarthTones Native Plant Nursery & Landscapes | Woodbury
www.earthtonesnatives.com
Ecological Landscape Alliance | Sandown, N.H.
ecolandscaping.org
Elizabeth Park | West Hartford
elizabethparkct.org
The Farmer’s Daughter – South Kingston, RI
www.thefarmersdaughterri.com
Federated Garden Clubs of CT | Branford
ctgardenclubs.org
Ganim’s Garden Center & Florist | Fairfield
GanimsGardenCenter.com
The Garden Conservancy
gardenconservancy.org
There is an admission fee at each garden of $5 (member) or $10 per person at each garden payable online when pre-registering. Children 12 and under are admitted free of charge.
Goodwin Forest | Hampton
friendsofgoodwinforest.org
Greenwich Botanical Center | Cos Cob
Call (203) 869-9242 or go to greenwichbotanicalcenter.org
• May 8 (Thurs) 1:00 pm
Planting The Summer Vegetable Garden. $10/$20
Hardy Plant Society of New England, CT Chapter
Meetings are held at the Wethersfield Academy for the Arts at 7:00 pm. Check them out on Facebook at facebook.com/hardyplantsocietyconnecticut
The Hickories | Ridgefield
thehickories.org
The Hickories | Ridgefield
thehickories.org
Highstead | Redding
https://highstead.net
Hollandia | Bethel, CT
hollandianurseries.com
Hollister House Garden | Washington
Wednesday & Friday 1-4 and Saturday 10-4. Admission $10 (children under 12 free)
hollisterhousegarden.org
• May 3 (Sat) 10:00-11:30 am
Flowering Vines with Charlie Nardozzi. $30/$40
• May 10 (Sat) 10:00-11:30 am
Deer Resistant Plants for the Northeast – and Deterrents That Work! with Gregg Tepper. $30/$40
• May 17 (Sat) 10:00-11:30am
Designing with Containers in the Landscape with Roberta DiBisceglie. $30/$40
• May 31 (Sat) 9:00-10:00 am
Hollister House Garden Tree Walk with Christopher Roddick. $30/$40
Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons – Bridgehampton, NY
https://hahgarden.org
Lectures are held at the Bridgehampton Community House. Non-members $10
• June 8 (Sun) 2:00 pm
Planting Wild Style Gardens – What We Need to Know with Noel Kingsbury.
Logee’s | Danielson
logees.com
Mad Gardeners | Sherman. CT
https://www.madgardeners.org
Mass. Nursery & Landscape Assn. | Conway, Mass.
mnla.com
National Garden Bureau | Downers Grove, Illinois
Call (630) 963-0770 or visit ngb.org
Webinars are free and open to the public.
Native Plant Trust | Framingham, Mass.
Call (508) 877-7630 or visit nativeplanttrust.org
• April 30 thru May 21 (Wed) 12:30-3:30 pm
Wildflowers of New England with Neela de Zoysa at Garden in the Woods in Framingham, MA. $300
• May 1, 8, 15 & 22 (Thurs) 5:00-8:00 pm
Wildflowers of New England with Neela de Zoysa. Zoom/Online. $300
Natureworks | Northford
Call (203) 484-2748 or go to natureworksgardencenter.com
New Canaan Nature Center | New Canaan
newcanaannature.org
New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL) | Glenside, PA
ndal.org
• May 9 (Fri) 6:00-7:15 pm
Learn to Meadow: Transition with a Light Touch with Larry Weaner and Sara Weaner Cooper. A virtual session of home gardeners and professionals. Registration open & recording viewable for 3 months after live date. $28
• May 29 (Thurs) 7:00-8:15 pm
Native Perennials: Flower Border or Functional Ground layer with Larry Weaner. Registration open & recording viewable for 3 months after live date. $35
New England Bonsai Gardens | Bellingham, Mass.
nebonsai.com
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill | Boylston, Mass
nebg.org
New England Daylily Society | Massachusetts
nedaylily.org
Meetings are held at the Boylston Town House in Boylston, Mass.
• May 11 (Sun) 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Daylily Plant Sale at the Farm Stand at the Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School in Hathorne, MA.
Newtown Hort Club – Newtown
newtownhorticultureclub.blogspot.com
New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY
nybg.org
• April 30 to May 21 (Wed) 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Botanical Drawing for Beginners with Sarah Wry. $239/$265
North American Rock Garden Society | Berkshire Chapter
berkshirechapternargs.org
Meetings of the Berkshire Chapter are held in the Education Center at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, MA
Nutmeg State Orchid Society | Farmington
nutmegorchids.org
Meetings at the Farmington Senior Center in Unionville are open to the public.
• May 4 (Sun) 12:30-5:00 pm
Beth Silva from Silva Orchids
O’Brien Nursery | Granby
obrienhosta.com
Garden Days run from 10 am to 5 pm only on the days listed. Also by appointment.
Oliver Nurseries | Fairfield
olivernurseries.com
Spring Seminar Series on the terrace outside the Design Barn. In case of inclement weather, talks will take place inside the Barn. Free and open to the public.
• May 3 (Sat) 10 am
Get Garden Fit with Madeline Hooper
• May 10 (Sat) 10 am
Hardy Succulent Designs for Tabletops with Lori Chips
• May 13 (Sat) 10 am
Container Design Coaching Clinic with Andrea. Fee and registration.
• May 17 (Sat) 10 am
Clematis & Peony Pairings with Melanie Fox
• May 24 (Sat) 10 am
Discerning Dahlias with Frances Palmer
• June 7 (Sat) 10 am
Design Q&A with Derrick Shuhart
• June 14 (Sat) 10 am
Cutting Gardens with Christina Koether
• June 21 (Sat) 10 am
Elevated Screening Options with Harry Spear
Rhode Island Wild Plant Society | North Kingstown, RI – riwps.org
Rhododendron Society of CT | Windsor
ctrhododendronsociety.org
Suburban Garden Club of Cheshire | Cheshire
www.cheshiregardeners.org
Meetings are usually held at the Cheshire
Senior Center at 7:00 pm
• May 3 (Sat) 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
May Market of the Suburban Garden Club of Cheshire at the Cheshire Youth Center.
• May 21 (Wed) 7:00 pm
Beneficial Insects with Katherine Dugas from the CT Ag Station.
UConn Extension | Bethel, Farmington, Haddam, North Haven, Norwich, Torrington, Vernon & Windham
Garden Master Classes are open to the public. Visit https://bit.ly/48y0c09 for info and registration.
• May 13 (Tues) 1:00-3:00 pm
Let’s Botanize – Spring Wildflowers with Gail Reynolds. Meet at the Morris Hubbard Road entrance to Cockaponsett State Forest in Higganum. $50
• May 31 (Sat) 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Lichens & Bryophytes: Hidden Colors, Shapes & Habitats in the Forest Landscape with Sue Sutherland and Carl Tjerandsen at the TriTown Forest Preserve in North Stonington. $50
White Flower Farm | Morris
whiteflowerfarm.com
• May 3 (Sat) 10-12 or 1-3
Color Block Garden Design with Elizabeth Dudley. Rain or shine. $75
• May 17 (Sat) 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 or 1:30
Container Potting. Includes one pot, five annuals, soil and labor. Rain or shine. $69.
• May 24 (Sat) 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Memorial Day Celebration. Events for children and adults.
• June 28 (Sat) 10:00 am
The Wacky World of Hydrangeas with Tom Bodnar. Free but registration required. Rain or shine.
White Memorial Conservation Center | Litchfield
whitememorialcc.org
Wild Ones – CT Chapter | New London
wild.native.plants@gmail.com
Wild Seed Project | North Yarmouth, Maine
wildseedproject.net
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